RKO 281

The incredible true story behind the greatest movie of all time comes to life with this made-for-TV movie "RKO 281" (1999). Liev Schreiber plays Orson Welles, who fights with all his might to get "Citizen Kane" (1941) to the big screen. Facing major opposition from William Randolph Hearst, the thinly veiled protagonist of Welles' masterpiece, Welles did everything he had to (right up to some sexual blackmail) to get his movie made. winner of four Emmys and a Golden Globe, this fascinating flick also starsJames Cromwell as Hearst, as well as John Malkovich, Melanie Griffith and Roy Scheider.

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The incredible true story behind the greatest movie of all time comes to life with this made-for-TV movie "RKO 281" (1999). Liev Schreiber plays Orson Welles, who fights with all his might to get "Citizen Kane" (1941) to the big screen. Facing major opposition from William Randolph Hearst, the thinly veiled protagonist of Welles' masterpiece, Welles did everything he had to (right up to some sexual blackmail) to get his movie made. winner of four Emmys and a Golden Globe, this fascinating flick also starsJames Cromwell as Hearst, as well as John Malkovich, Melanie Griffith and Roy Scheider.